CineSavant Column

Saturday December 22, 2018

Hello!

Hoo-ray for me, as all my pre-Christmas work came together in time; just as it should be the house is filled with family. This year is a time to give thanks that all are well — there’s a lot of unhappiness going around, and it doesn’t always feel right to be in this pocket of peace and security.

Today’s disc news is brief but great: Kino has pre-announced a number of very attractive titles for next year, seemingly because some bounder leaked them. But it’s a classic treasure trove of early Alfred Hitchcock: Blackmail, Murder! and Number 17; and a six-title set that includes some silent pictures: The Ring, The Farmer’s Wife, Champagne, The Manxman, The Skin Game and Rich and Strange